Kahramanmaraş earthquake

An analysis of the magnitude 7.8 and 7.6 earthquakes that hit Türkiye and Syria on 6th February 2023

Author

International Organization for Migration

Published

18 February 2023 21:43

Introduction

On 6 February 2023 at 4:17 local time, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the region of Kahramanmaras in southeastern Türkiye, affecting areas of southern Türkiye and northwestern Syria. At 13:45 the same day, a 7.6 earthquake hit the same region.

This ongoing analysis, focusing primarily on Türkiye monitors the key figures published by the Türkiye authorities, examines the population and infrastructure exposure and impact, and monitors current information on displacement.

Key figures

Last update: 16/02/2023 at 23:00
Number of people injured: not updated
Number of deaths: 38,044
Number of people evacuated: not updated
Number of buildings damaged: 61700

Sources: DFS/DEEP/AFAD

Exposure

The following map shows the areas affected by MMI 8,7,6 and 5.

MMI	Türkiye	Syrian Arab Republic	Total
8	1,504,159	-	1,504,159
7	3,303,340	35,876	3,339,216
6	9,480,432	2,351,724	11,832,156
5	13,708,422	5,705,938	19,414,360
Total	27,996,353	8,093,538	36,089,891

Sources: Worldpop, EC-JRC/USGS

Impacts

Damaged & destroyed buildings

There are two main sources for building damaged and destroyed buildings; AFAD official sources which are aggregated at the nationa-level; and buildings tagged as destroyed in OpenStreetMap, through the ongoing voluntary efforts, using available satellite and drone imagery. While tagging of destroyed buildings in OSM is ongoing, the completenessof the tagging will vary betweeen areas. This dataset will be updated frequently to incorporate the additional data. Progress of the tagging, can be found on the OSM website.

As of 11:23 UTC on 8/02/2023, 3529 buildings have been identified as destroyed, 3519 of which are in Türkiye.

Sources: Openstreemap
Last updated: 18/02/2023 at 11:23 UTC

The following table contains government source building damage per district.
Sources: hasartespit.csb.gov.tr
Last updated: 14/02/2023 (The source website is no longer accessible)

District	Collapsed	Heavy damage	Light damage	Moderate damage	urgent demolition required	Total
Adana	1	4	238	-	-	243
Adıyaman	1,197	2,311	5,512	2	346	9,368
Diyarbakır	25	236	2,534	-	17	2,812
Gaziantep	1,591	3,392	8,949	3	730	14,665
Hatay	979	2,585	3,966	-	639	8,169
Kahramanmaraş	451	791	1,767	1	230	3,240
Kilis	134	240	487	4	9	874
Malatya	684	2,429	2,913	-	127	6,153
Osmaniye	72	939	4,014	-	165	5,190
Şanlıurfa	17	143	3,441	2	34	3,637
Total	5,151	13,070	33,821	12	2,297	54,351

Electrical infrastructure

… analysis of obverable light loss to follow Source: VIIRS night lights

Cellular network coverage

… map of network coverage to follow Source: Meta Data for Good

Displacement

Mobility trends

An analysis of population density changes using data from Meta’s Data for Good program.

The following image is of Gaziantep city at 4pm local time on 6th February. The circles show the percentage change in population (facebook users) for that time, against a 90-day pre-crisis baseline.